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As a kid and even as an adult, I loved watching old reruns of The Twilight Zone. It seemed as if each episode was better than the next, with stories that only Rod Serling could imagine and create. One of my favorite episodes was titled “To Serve Man.” It was a story about...READ THE REST »

As I walked out to lunch today, I noticed that the flags in front of my office building were at half-mast in honor of the victims of the deranged shooter at the Washington Navy Yard the day before, Monday September 16, 2013. As I paused to reflect on this, a thought came over me...READ THE REST »

Anybody remember Cindy Sheehan? Of course you do. She was the woman whose son was tragically killed during the Iraq War in 2004. When she embarked on her one woman crusade to protest President Bush’s decision to go to war, she became a mainstream media darling. She practically had 24/7 coverage on all major...READ THE REST »

If you picked up the newspaper this morning or listened to the mainstream media on television or radio, you would have heard that the latest poll in the crucial swing state of Ohio had the president leading Mitt Romney by ten points. One’s reaction, like the rest of intelligent and level headed Americans, would...READ THE REST »

New Yorkers have the good fortune of having a baseball team that consistently wins and is a regular fixture in the baseball postseason. While they are one of the best teams in baseball year in and year out, the same cannot be said of their longtime play by play radio announcer. John Sterling has...READ THE REST »

Let’s give the leaders of the Democratic Party and the organizers of the Democratic National Convention a big hand. They did something that the president rarely does and most of their elected officials are acutely careful to avoid: They showed their true colors and true beliefs. First, they purposely left the line supporting Jerusalem...READ THE REST »

Chicago was and is one of my favorite cities to visit. Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls is the best basketball player I have ever seen, an opinion shared by most NBA fans over the years. Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs was one of my all- time favorite pitchers. The Cubs played in...READ THE REST »

As the Democratic National Convention kicks off, the real question on everybody’s mind is “What is Bill Clinton going to say?” Here’s the guy who in 2008 described candidate Obama to Ted Kennedy by saying that “a few years ago, this guy would have been carrying our bags.” Now here we are in 2012...READ THE REST »